Im Dying Over This. Most Pony And Soda To Ever Exist

reblogging this because i realized i hid all my posts from the tumblr search engine... and my soda is still on my mind, per usual...

sodapop headcanons!

hi outsiders tumblr fandom!! i'm a major fan of the musical and got to see it over the summer, but i've had the honor of playing Sodapop in the play version this last fall! i just figured i'd share a collection of characterization/characterwork/headcanons (except to me it's kind of canon?) thoughts!

feel free to ask any questions! some prefaces about our production (mostly director's choices)!

we casted genderblind, our pony and darry were played by girls!

soda did get sandy pregnant.....it wasn't cheating

the year is 1964! (this one isn't insanely relevant)

the curtis house was two stories (this will make sense later...) so first are some random character thoughts (mostly canon)

100% a momma's boy (ex-momma's boy...)

sticking to canon that he worked at a stable when he was 12, rip Mickey Mouse

quite the caregiver, in the sense he is incredibly emotionally intelligent (especially when it comes to his family)

very lighthearted person, walks through life that way

adrenaline junkie, consistently trying to enjoy life and have fun

emotionally vulnerable, but puts others first out of fear if he opens up too much he might not be able to stop

violently passionate and loving, viscerally supportive. ultimate loverboy

he isn't stupid! he just struggles to learn in the format school teaches

much more street and people smart

prideful but definitely fairly polite

confident in himself! though he holds insecurity in being dumb, since he's only regarded for being a looker...many many instances where he's been flirted with at work but is so oblivious because the comments are so common

puts his cold bare feet on whoever is sitting with him. walks around barefoot a lot in the house.

would drop all of his pennies out of his pocket...

would likely be a musical theatre kid in the modern day. his favorites are Mamma Mia and Little Shop of Horrors

big fan of rodeos, play fighting and drag racing

BIG fan of darry's chocolate cake

not at all a smoker

really not a cracked fighter... i lost my fight in the rumble (just the way it ended up being with my fight partner but...)

fave colors are blue and orange! specific relationships notes:

sandy and soda have been together for 2 years! momma curtis loved her

so so SO in love with her tho, basically worships the ground she walks on. he doesn't get over her for a whileeeee.... but he still doesn't blame her

dates to baseball games were so common.

definitely danced together- in the kitchen or out in the rain, at a party? dancing always.

strong relationship with darry (played by one of my bestest friends ever), he understands her and helps where he can, loves her and respects her a lot- but is able to joke around with her without it being too serious

two-bit (also played by one of my bestest friends) and him are pretty close, her actor and i have a bit that two-bit and soda hook up and maybe get together a few years after sandy.....no comment

steve and soda are pretty close! not as locked in as in canon but...(context: we basically wrote steve into the script) they are locked into the grind at the DX and definitely go out to rodeos and races together

johnny and soda are lowkey not the closest but also in a "we are best friends" kinda way, soda's insanely protective of her (genderbent!) after the jumping

dallas and soda were a lot closer when they were younger, soda likely introduced dallas to the group, but they kinda grew apart as they got older and especially after the curtis parents died... soda doesn't really approve of too many of dallas' choices, but he's still family

cherry... she definitely has thrown him a few looks when stopping by the DX... me and her actor like to imagine maybe they've flirted and had minor crushes on each other at one point in time i made a playlist, containing more time period based music and music i just think soda would listen to! (i'm contemplating still updating it whenever i find music i think he'd enjoy):

some of the leads in the cast also made "get to know me" sheets as jokes so here is mine!

in the script, it mentions the returned letter, so i got to make that prop! i actually ended up handwriting the letter, so here is it on a doc plus pictures of the letter! she also gave me one, so we could trade! it was sandy's unsent letter to soda back in Tulsa after she moved. sandy's last name was picked as a reference to sarahgrace from the musical cast :)

Google Docs

Soda's Letter

Dear Sandy, I really miss you, and I hope you've safe. I love you too, I didn't get to tell you that today. I'm sorry for that. You left ton

i think this is the end! thank you for sticking around so long :)

take all of darrel’s suffering, triple it, and give it to paul

hi!! if anyone has davis!soda that they are willing to share..... my dms are wide open!

hey so i haven’t seen anybody mention the “dan berry on a magnet” moment from the recast and i think it needs to be talked about

favorite lighting/projection cues in the outsiders part 9/?

🎥: bikinibottomday

"sorry for drawing ctommy in 2023-" "sorry for caring abt dsmp still-" "sorry for still thinking about-" SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!! STOP APOLOGIZING FOR CARING ABOUT A FANDOM ON THE FANDOM WEBSITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STOP IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

people i wanna know better! thank you for tagging me mala (@mala--draws), i know we've been like dancing around each other in notifs LOL !!! :))

last song: i'm currently listening to the outsiders musical soundtrack so...

last movie: the karate kid. idk how i made it this far in life without watching it. it was incredible.

last tv show: the last of us and young royals!! my friends and i did a favorite tv show swap-watch-party thing so both LOL

sweet/spicy/savory?: savory but i most definitely have a sweet tooth

relationship status: single!

last thing i googled: ...if sweet tooth was one or two words...

current obsession: the outsiders. it runs so deep. but also getting back into hadestown after seeing it at a high school a few days ago! and formula 1 season is back :)

looking forward to: i have a college interview this week and an audition for my final high school play! (Alice in Wonderland), so some pressure but more excitement than anything!

i honestly don't have many active moots on tumblr so i have like nobody to tag 😭

I love multishipping like yes Sodapop Curtis is in love with Steve but he’s also in love with Chet, and Sandy, and also Cherry, what about it

Sodapop Curtis who loves too hard and doesn't get loved hard enough in return.

He has to love too hard because he doesn't, who will?

Sodapop who offers to move into his baby brother's room to help with his nightmares. Not just for Pony's sake, but for Darry's too. so that Darry can get more sleep and go do his job better rested. Sodapop who drops out of the school that made him feel so stupid for years, but not for himself. No, he drops out so that he can help Darry afford the house. He drops out so that Darry doesn't kill himself trying to pay for everything on his own. Sodapop who will come home from working his own long shift and sit down to give his brother a massage so that he doesn't injure himself. Sodapop who needs to be the constant mediator between his brothers. Sodapop who separates them and then listens to them each individually. He'll listen to Darry's vents about work and money and will offer his support. He'll listen to Pony's fears and reassure him that Darry doesn't hate him, but loves him more than anything. Sodapop who doesn't really have that for himself. He's the family's heart and soul.

So, even when Sandy leaves, Soda knows they have bigger things to worry about than his "silly breakup". He refuses to make it a big deal. Because he knows that Darry is worried sick about the hospital bills and how they're going to afford those while also having food and heat for the fall and winter. He knows that Ponyboy is mourning his best friend and is never going to be the same. So, Soda reassures them and comforts them. But he can't do it forever. Some nights he cries. And not his usual, loud sobs. These are silent, heavy tears that fights their way out of his eyes and glide down his face slowly. It's when he's in bed, late at night, usually after he calms Pony down from a nightmare. Then, he lets himself break. And he cries. He cries for Sandy and what she did to him, for Dally and Johnny and all their suffering, for Pony and the pain he's experiencing, for Darry who almost had the life he wanted, for the whole gang who are never gonna be whole again. And he does it alone. Because he doesn't want other people to worry about him. He can handle it himself, they have bigger problems.

Soda, who knows he's loved, but wishes that someone would tell him or show him a little more often.

My physical form can no longer contain my love for the outsiders. I must explode.